{"id":4815,"date":"2009-06-18T13:19:05","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T17:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=4815"},"modified":"2009-06-18T13:20:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-18T17:20:12","slug":"green-roof-meets-gardiner-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/06\/18\/green-roof-meets-gardiner-expressway\/","title":{"rendered":"Green roof meets Gardiner Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As the debate heats up over what the future of the Gardiner holds, local architect Les Klein proposes a radical new plan.\u00a0 Vannessa Lu’s article in the Star<\/a> looks at Klein’s new design that is being called the ‘Green Ribbon,’ which calls for installing a garden roof over the Gardiner.\u00a0 Not only is it appealing to think of putting a garden on the ‘Gardiner,’ the plan also falls nicely in line with the City’s new green roof policy.<\/p>\n

Although much has already been said about what to do with the Gardiner<\/a>, a proposal like this which preserves the expressway might actually serve to expand the waterfront site.\u00a0 Rather than limiting projects to sites along the waterfront, the expressway could become a new symbolic shoreline into the waterfront site.\u00a0 The plan also seems similar to New York’s new highly popular High Line<\/a> park.\u00a0 Your thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the debate heats up over what the future of the Gardiner holds, local architect Les Klein proposes a radical new plan.\u00a0 Vannessa Lu’s article in the Star looks at Klein’s new design that is being called the ‘Green Ribbon,’ which calls for installing a garden roof over the Gardiner.\u00a0 Not only is it appealingContinue reading “Green roof meets Gardiner Expressway”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12496,12498,469,405,12495,12497],"class_list":["post-4815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-waterfront","tag-les-klein","tag-local-architect","tag-new-york","tag-the-star","tag-vannessa-lu","tag-waterfront-site"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGreen roof meets Gardiner Expressway - 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